Bartók / Beethoven / Schönberg

During this programme of repertoire, Rosas brings together three early works by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. De Keersmaeker first ventured into contemporary classical music in 1986 with Bartók’s string quartet Quartet n°4. In a choreography of playful and combative accents, she distils varying rhythmic movements from Bartók’s complex and layered pulses and harmonies. In Die Grosse Fuge (1992) De Keersmaeker goes in search of a male vocabulary, and the dancers challenge gravity in an ingenious group work. The last part, Verklärte Nacht (1995), is a shamelessly romantic love story in which the contrasting feelings of a man and woman are analysed and interpreted in an expressive duet/trio written to Schönberg’s eponymous music composition. Each of the three works are choreographic answers to historical scores that reveal De Keersmaeker’s gift for both abstract and narrative composition.

Dance (alternating): Boštjan Antončič, Lav Crnčević, José Paulo dos Santos, Bilal El Had, Frank Gizycki, Robin Haghi, Cynthia Loemij, Luka Švajda & Thomas Vantuycom

QUATUOR N°4
(from BARTÓK/AANTEKENINGEN - 1986)

Choreography: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Music: Béla Bartók, Quatuor n°4
Light: Luc Schaltin & Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Costume design: Rosas
Premiere: 16/05/1986, Théâtre CBA (Brussel/Bruxelles/Brussels)

DIE GROSSE FUGE
(from ERTS - 1992)

Choreography: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, Grosse Fuge, op.133
Light design: Luc Schaltin & Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Costume design: Rosas
Premiere: 02/02/1992, Halles de Schaerbeek (Brussel)

VERKLÄRTE NACHT
(1995 – new version 2014)

Choreography: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Music: Arnold Schönberg, Verklärte Nacht, op. 4
Light design: Luc Schaltin & Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Costume design: Rosas & Rudy Sabounghi
Premiere: 16/08/2014, Ruhrtriennale
Production: Rosas
Co-production: De Munt / La Monnaie (Brussel)

Rosas is supported by the Flemish Government and BNP Paribas Foundation.